AFRICA

Mali’s new president has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw, 70, was picked by the coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, to head a transitional government until elections, which are expected in 18 months. Col Goita is vice-president. The …

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, told the United Nations on Friday that his country has “no intention” of harming Sudan and Egypt with a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a bitter water dispute between the three countries. Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan failed to strike a …

Ten migrants from the Comoros, including a seven-year-old child, have drowned while trying to make their way to the island of Mayotte – a French territory in the Indian Ocean. Police said their bodies were found washed up on the beach, with their boat appearing to have capsized in a …

Proposed new US immigration measures could leave many African students in the country having to reapply for visas in the middle of their degree courses. A plan issued by the Department for Homeland Security (DHS), that is now up for discussion, outlines changes to student visas that have previously been …

Four family members have been killed and another was injured by unknown gunmen in Browns Farm, Cape Town on Thursday. According to police, preliminary reports revealed that the gunmen forcefully entered a home in Makhosi Street and shot and killed three women aged 18, 30 and 69. “An 11-year-old boy …

“Vast areas of [South Sudan] along the River Nile are now under water” according to the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the country Alain Noudéhou. The UN estimates that 600,000 people in the country have been forced to leave their homes. Returning from a visit to some of the flooded areas, …

A group of human rights lawyers in Warri, southern Nigeria, is seeking compensation for four hotel workers who were allegedly stripped naked by their employer. They had been accused of stealing some money, but local media are reporting that they had been tipped by some guests. The four, three women …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has thrown his weight behind the removal of statues and monuments of past oppressors. During a virtual address on Heritage Day, Ramaphosa said any symbol, monument or activity that glorifies racism has no place in democratic SA and should be repositioned and relocated. It is unclear when …

The identity of the man arrested in connection with the murder of senior Cape Town policeman Charl Kinnear has been revealed. He is Zane Kilian, 39, a former professional rugby player from Gauteng. Kilian appeared in the Bishop Lavis magistrate’s court on Friday morning under heavy police guard. The burly …

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has supported the removal of statues that glorify the country’s apartheid past. He said “any symbol, monument or activity that glorifies racism, that represents our ugly past, has no place in democratic South Africa”. “Monuments glorifying our divisive past should be re-positioned and relocated,” he …